The world of experimental self-built aircraft is full of oddities, but perhaps the most eye-catching of all is the JD-2 “Dyke Delta” designed and built by [John Dyke] in the 1960s. Buil… ...

A flying wing, on the other hand, distributes weight over the span of the entire aircraft, meaning it can carry heavy loads while weighing less. The concept was unorthodox.

It wasn’t just the Germans who tried to build a flying wing. During World War II, Northrop built its N-9M, a one-third scale all-wing prototype.